But It Might Work For Us

But It Might Work For Us

By James A. SmithSociety & Culture
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But It Might Work For Us episodes

  • EPISODE 4: POPULAR INTERNATIONAL (Thomas Frank, Ian Lavery MP, Jon Trickett MP, Laura Smith)

    The team were joined by Labour MPs Jon Trickett and Ian Lavery, and ex-MP Laura Smith - to talk about the Left in Britain and the need for a populist politics within the major political parties. We then talked with legendary American journalist Thomas Frank about the failures of liberalism on the other side of the pond.

    We also played POPULAR QUESTIONS with a live jingle performed by one of the team!

    1 hr 48 min
  • EPISODE 3: NU-POPULISM (Krystal Ball, Annie Olaloku-Teriba, Rivkah Brown)

    The team are joined by Krystal Ball to talk about populism and the conversations that might be possible with the Right that we cant have with the liberals. Before that, they welcome Rivkah Brown and Annie Olaloku-Teriba to discuss how the establishment chronically fails to deal with racism.  

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    1 hr 31 min
  • EPISODE 2: LOCKDOWNS AND THE LEFT (Peter Hitchens)

    This week we were joined by the Mail on Sunday's fascinating Peter Hitchens to discuss how the right sees the left (and itself), and the movement AGAINST lockdown. Then we talked to barrister Paul Clarke from the Global Legal Action Network discussing one of the most historic and important cases for the future of the climate which is spearheading currently. Oh, and we had a chat about Maradona.

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    1 hr 27 min
  • EPISODE 1: ETHEREAL BISEXUAL OF THE SPOTLESS PREZ (Margaret Kimberley)

    Welcome to THE POPULAR SHOW. In the first episode, the team talk about the events of the week as Jordan Peterson makes publishers at Penguin cry. Then they welcome Margaret Kimberley to talk about black activism in America now, why not to feel frabjous joy at Biden's presidency and the hollowness of the Obama years. Finally, they deconstruct Netflix's The Crown and the British monarchy today. Enjoy.

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    1 hr 39 min
  • EPISODE MINUS 1: FOUR MORE YEARS (Glenn Greenwald, Twink Revolution)

    Glenn Greenwald was on The Popular Show last week telling how the Left has been destroying itself, why its more important to see connections between Corbyn and Trump than Trump and Boris and what he learned from Michael Brooks.

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    1 hr 36 min
  • EPISODE MINUS 2: BIDEN' TIME (Heidi Matthews, David Slavick)

    The threads of Heidi Matthews’ heretical early critiques of #MeToo, feminism and the law are knotting together once more, in a presidential election where most liberals and the left have banded behind a Democratic candidate with #MeToo allegations against him, and under the shadow of a second Supreme Court Justice appointment by Donald Trump. Everyday Analysis join Professor Matthews and “Mr Heidi Matthews”, political commentator and producer of the Michael Brooks Show, David Slavick, to discuss America’s current conjuncture and the New Yorker's suspension of Jeffrey Toobin for masturbating on a Zoom call!

    1 hr 37 min
  • EPISODE MINUS 3: QTheory (Julian Feeld)

    The team are joined by Julian Feeld of the legendary QAnon Anonymous Podcast to talk about everything from the original breadcrumbs and bakers to the latest in global conspiracies from 5G and Hilary to Free Britney and Taylor Swift. Join us with author, host and editor Julian and bring your conspiratorial questions.

    Before that the team welcome Jaswinder Blackwell-Pal to analyse the coming Kanye West presidency.

    1 hr 27 min
  • EPISODE MINUS 2: IDIOT WIND (Peter Oborne)
    A uniquely dissident figure in both his party and profession, Tory journalist Peter Oborne has an unrivalled record of exposing the establishment’s corruption from within its own walls. Peter’s intellectual largesse brings him to Everyday Analysis, to lift the lid on Boris Johnson’s ‘client media’, Britain’s treatment of its Muslim citizens and adventures in the Middle East, and the political assassination of Jeremy Corbyn.
    1 hr 31 min
  • EPISODE MINUS 5: ZER0 SUM GAME (Douglas Lain)

    He’s the legendary extremely online Marxist editor of Zer0 Books, the talented sci-fi novelist whose writing connects revolution, comedy, UFOlogy and videogames and the one man band behind a classy socialist YouTube channel. Join us with the inimitable Douglas Lain to talk about the coming election, the Left and its problems, post-Bernie lows and the ‘choice’ between Trump and Biden.

    Before that, we are joined by poet, critic and podcast host C Derick Varn of Mortal Science and Pop the Left podcasts (and now working on Chistopher Lasch) to set the scene. Don’t miss it.

    1 hr 32 min

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‘And did it work for those people?’ ‘No it never does… But it might work for us!’